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Willa

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Gender Feminine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. /ˈwɪl.ə/
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Meaning & History

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Feminine form of William.

Related Names

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VariantWillie
Masculine FormsWill, William
Other Languages & CulturesVilemína(Czech) Willemijn, Willemina, Wilhelmina(Dutch) Vilhelmiina, Helmi, Iina, Miina, Mimmi, Vilma(Finnish) Wilhelmine, Elma, Helma, Helmine, Minna, Wilhelmina, Wilma(German) Vilhelmina(Lithuanian) Wilmot(Medieval English) Williamina(Scottish) Guillermina(Spanish) Helmi, Mimmi, Vilhelmina, Vilma(Swedish)

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Last ranked #857 in 2022 England and Wales
Last ranked #423 in 2024 United States

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classic   upper class   natural   wholesome   refined   strange   simple   serious  

Categories

American Girl characters, authors, aviation, black history, celebrity babies, civil rights, Disney characters, educators, ends in -illa, fashion designers, female US presidential candidates, feminine forms, Frasier characters, history, House of Cards US characters, Motherland Fort Salem characters, nobility, poets, queens, Ramona Quimby characters, royalty, Six Feet Under characters, Squishmallows, storms, True Blood characters, vampires, women's history, ZOMBIES characters
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Entry updated October 11, 2012

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